Members on the Record (Automated) for Thu January 05, 2023

Israel - Palestine

Cruz (R-TX) 01/04/2023: Tweet – “RELEASE: Sen. Cruz Issues Statement After Biden Administration Condemns Israel Link to image”

Cruz (R-TX) 01/05/2023: Retweet of @RJC – “Spot on. Thank you Senator @tedcruz for being an unwavering champion of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Link to quoted tweet”

Jackson (R-TX-13) 01/05/2023: Retweet of @America1stLegal – “America First Legal filed a landmark lawsuit against President Biden and Secretary Blinken for violating the Taylor Force Act and illegally subsidizing Palestinian terrorism ⤵️ AFL Sues President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken to Enforce the Taylor Force Act and to Stop U.S. Funding of Palestinian Terrorism... | aflegal.org”

Mills (R-FL-7) 01/05/2023: Retweet of @BrendonLeslie – “BREAKING: Anthony Sabatini led a socialist group in college which organized several protests against the police, supporting Palestine and begging for free college tuition He's seen here with signs comparing police to the KKK THREAD exposing Anthony 👇🏼 Link to image”

Pocan (D-WI-2) 01/05/2023: Tweet – “The Israeli government is demolishing homes, schools, farms, water infrastructure, and other basic necessities in Masafer Yatta. This blatant violation of international law is unconscionable, escalating tensions and making peace more difficult. Israel demolishes parts of West Bank hamlet set for eviction... | abcnews.go.com”

Schatz (D-HI) 01/04/2023: Retweet of @JerusalemDemsas – “Some problems are conceptually difficult — improving underperforming schools, helping people heal from traumatic life events — but homelessness isn't one of them. We know how to solve the crisis — so why don't we? The Obvious Answer to Homelessness... | theatlantic.com”

Tlaib (D-MI-12) 01/04/2023: Twitter thread – “2022 was one of the deadliest years for Palestinians on record. Israeli forces and settlers killed more than 200 Palestinians, including more than 50 children, injured thousands more and demolished over 800 Palestinian homes. Congress must stop funding apartheid. Link to quoted tweetJust days after the new Israeli government is sworn in, families in Masafer Yatta are already facing more ethnic cleansing. The Israeli military's ongoing expulsion of Masafer Yatta residents will now be accelerated at an even faster rate. Don't look away. #SaveMasaferYatta (Link to twitter.com) Not even one week into 2023, the new far-right apartheid government is moving to ethnically cleanse entire communities—which would displace more than 1,000 Palestinian residents, including 500 children. All with American backing, bulldozers, and bullets. #SaveMasaferYatta”

Tlaib (D-MI-12) 01/05/2023: Retweet of @commondreams – “"Not even one week into 2023, the new far-right apartheid government is moving to ethnically cleanse entire communities—which would displace more than 1,000 Palestinian residents," said @reprashida. "All with American backing, bulldozers, and bullets." 'Congress Must Stop Funding Apartheid,' Tlaib Says as Israel Razes West Bank Homes... | commondreams.org”

Syria

McCaul (R-TX-10) 01/04/2023: Tweet – “TUNE IN 📺 I'm about to join @TeamCavuto on @FoxNews to discuss the recent attack in Syria and give an update on the speaker's race. Link to image”

Risch (R-ID) 01/04/2023: Tweet – “We should carefully watch recent diplomatic overtures between #Ankara & #Damascus. A restoration of bilateral ties does little for #Turkey's security & threatens int'l efforts to hold #Assad to account for his horrific crimes against the Syrian people. Turkey signals potential rapprochement with Syria's Assad... | axios.com”

Risch (R-ID) 01/05/2023: Tweet – “#UAE's outreach to the #Assad regime provides little benefit to the Emirates. This carries huge risks to UAE's reputation, exposes it to #Caesar sanctions, and hurts efforts to seek accountability for Assad's crimes against the #Syrian people. UAE foreign minister visits Syria in further sign of warming ties - I24NEWS”

Lebanon

Kuster (D-NH-2) 01/05/2023: Tweet – “Investing in the resiliency of our towns is critical to growing our economy & strengthening our communities. I was proud to deliver these resources for West Lebanon—alongside @SenatorShaheen—to make important infrastructure improvements and spur economic activity. Link to quoted tweetFacelift for West Lebanon's Main Street to improve street, sidewalk, landscaping #NH (Facelift for West Lebanon's Main Street to improve street, sidewalk, landscaping... | wcax.com) (Link to twitter.com)”

Iran

Cornyn (R-TX) 01/05/2023: Retweet of @lachlan – “An Iranian attack drone downed in Ukraine was found to contain components manufactured by 13 U.S. companies CNN Exclusive: A single Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies | CNN Politics”

Menendez (D-NJ) 01/05/2023: Tweet – “Glad to see #TaranehAlidoosti free on bail but it is not enough. The regime must drop the spurious charges against her & release all those who have been unjustly detained & tried in sham trials. Link to quoted tweetIran has released actress Taraneh Alidoosti, nearly three weeks after she was jailed for expressing solidarity with a man who was executed over unrest linked to anti-government protests. (Iran releases prominent actress who protested executions... | apne.ws)”

Shaheen (D-NH) 01/04/2023: Twitter thread – “I'm glad to see Dr. Gupta re-nominated as Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues despite continued efforts by the GOP to play politics with her nomination. In countries like Iran & Afghanistan, women's fundamental rights are under attack. The U.S. must firmly commit to protecting & advancing gender equality by overcoming Republican obstructionism & finally confirming Dr. Gupta.”

Iraq

Khanna (D-CA-17) 01/04/2023: Twitter thread – “We are exploring that too as I said above. In any case I don't have much interest in taking advice from someone who a chief cheerleader for the Iraq war, or involved with the swift boating of John Kerry. You can't erase history! Link to quoted tweet@RoKhanna Hmmm…. Dem Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) tells Fox News: “I would consider the right Republican someone I could trust Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Gallagher, who actually spoke eloquently on the floor”. You would think you would be talking to them about voting for Jeffries.   Link to reply@RoKhanna Lord have mercy. You might get your facts straight. 1. I was not involved with swiftboating Kerry. 2. I broke with Bush over the war, in public way, and was first Bush person to do that. 3. My oldest son did two tours in Iraq. @matthewjdowd Genuinely respect your son's service. Stand by the critique of the 2004 campaign against Kerry which you helped lead and the cheerleading for the Iraq war in that campaign. I ran in 2004 against the war in Iraq. We just profoundly disagree on that issue.”

Libya

Gaetz (R-FL-1) 01/05/2023: Tweet – “Trey Gowdy would know something about clown shows. That's probably how a lot of us would categorize the Benghazi hearings that resulted in people screaming at each other in a big report but no real accountability. Link to video”

Gaetz (R-FL-1) 01/05/2023: Retweet of @ColumbiaBugle – “.@RepMattGaetz Fires Back At Trey Gowdy's "Clown Show" Comment "Trey Gowdy would know something about clown shows. That's probably how a lot of us would categorize the Benghazi hearings that resulted in people screaming at each other & a big report but no real accountability." Link to video”

Horn of Africa

Sherman (D-CA-32) 01/04/2023: Retweet of @katie_polglase – “The US has agreed $281m funding to Ethiopian Airlines despite congressional opposition. Sherman's letter below references our CNN investigation in which we found evidence Ethiopian Airlines transported weapons for the war in Tigray, an apparent violation of aviation law. Link to quoted tweet”

Jewish, Anti-semitism

Beyer (D-VA-8) 01/04/2023: Twitter thread – “The Republican Kevin McCarthy chose to nominate him on the fifth ballot in the Speaker election, Warren Davidson, compared pandemic public health measures to Nazism and the Holocaust a year ago. Link to image His tweet is still up despite criticism from the Auschwitz Memorial, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Jewish advocacy groups, and many others of his deeply offensive comparison. GOP Rep. Davidson compares vaccine mandates to the Holocaust... | nbcnews.com   Link to quoted tweetThis has been done before. #DoNotComply (Link to twitter.com) (Link to twitter.com)”

Cortez Masto (D-NV) 01/04/2023: Tweet – “There is no place for antisemitism in Nevada. We all need to work together to stop these hateful attacks against our Jewish community. Antisemitic literature found scattered around Boulder City... | lasvegassun.com”

Rosen (D-NV) 01/04/2023: Tweet – “Antisemitism is on the rise and rearing its ugly head right in our own backyard. This hateful and dangerous rhetoric has no place here or anywhere, and we must condemn it forcefully. We cannot be silent. Anti-Semitic flyers seen throughout Boulder City, city says... | 8newsnow.com”

Afghanistan

Perry (R-PA-10) 01/05/2023: Tweet – “👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Link to quoted tweetFailing to pick a leader in 2 days is not embarrassing. Spiking inflation to a 40 year high is embarrassing. Opening the border is embarrassing. Fleeing Afghanistan is embarrassing. Forcing (non-working) vaccines on people is embarrassing. Take your time, GOP. Take your time.”

Tiffany (R-WI-7) 01/05/2023: Tweet – “Joe Biden's “plan” is to always blame others. He blamed President Trump for his botched Afghanistan withdrawal. He blamed gas station owners for high energy prices. He blamed Putin for skyrocketing inflation. And now he is blaming Republicans for his own border crisis. Link to quoted tweetThe White House fact sheet on Biden's new border initiative accuses "some Republicans" of "playing political games and obstructing real solutions" while insisting "Biden has a plan and is taking action."”

Other - Middle East

Whitehouse (D-RI) 01/05/2023: Tweet – “You can always count on the New York Daily News for memorable front pages. Link to quoted tweetGOP S**T SHOW · Kevin McCarthy short on votes (Rep. Kevin McCarthy angrily demands GOP votes for speaker in stormy meeting: ‘I've earned this job!'... | trib.al) · George Santos swearing-in delayed (George Santos fact vs. fiction: What the Long Island Rep.-elect said vs. the truth... | trib.al), (Criminal case against George Santos in Brazil is revived as L.I. congressman-elect set to be sworn-in... | trib.al) Neighbors stunned by machete suspect's 'jihad' (Times Square machete attacker Trevor Bickford expected to die, asked for traditional Muslim funeral: sources... | trib.al) Subway shooter admits terror (Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James pleads guilty to terror charges... | trib.al) (Link to twitter.com)”